Igor Sechin: the merger of Gazprom and Rosneft is hardly possible

In the opinion of the chief of Rosneft Igor Sechin, the merger of Gazprom and Rosneft is hardly possible, especially taking into account the negative experience of the early 2000-s. The merger could face immense difficulties as the shareholders have financial debt liabilities. They tried to unite the companies but the attempt failed whereas it was much simpler to do it then. Now it’s harder because Gazprom and Rosneft have their shareholders. Such issues should be discussed at the shareholders session. As for a joint venture of these 2 monopolies in this or that sector of the fuel and energy sector, it will be contradicted by the antimonopoly agencies, Mr. Sechin thinks